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An illustration done for the local art-prompt group AbstrAction Art, for the prompts 'Swan''Grid' & 'Blue'. Knowing from previous research that there are 8 different types of swans (Not species, but a pseudo-swan that's named as a swan, and a split in morphology based on separate breeding populations, both round that number up from 6 to 8), and knowing that this layout for comic panels is called a grid, I knew I just needed a way to get 'Blue' in that served the composition. Other artists responding to the prompt jumped to a checkerboard as their clear image of a grid, so a blue and white checkerboard just meant I had to find an even way to divide up 8 swans into 2 categories.

Luckily there are four types (though not species) exclusively native to the Americas ('American' as a term for a US citizen or thing specific to the USA is obscenely presumptive of 2 whole continents worth of countries and peoples and should not be the presumed definition of the word), and four types of swans native to ... all the other continents. There's no other short word for that that does not tie into human history ('old world' and 'new world' are fine for produce that humans have domesticated and deliberately cultivated plants, but seems a comical distinction for swans to whom all their native territory is their 'old world').

Included are a few details to help visually differentiate each swan from others and juvenile forms, with poses and angles curated to show off small identifying details. The blue background of 4 of the 'comic' panels indicates a swan is native to the Americas (the psuedo swan gets a nice teal background because of it's not-true-swan status).

This is a mix of watercolor, acrylic ink, and alcohol marker, all on a large sheet of bristol paper.

Description

An illustration done for the local art-prompt group AbstrAction Art, for the prompts 'Swan''Grid' & 'Blue'. Knowing from previous research that there are 8 different types of swans (Not species, but a pseudo-swan that's named as a swan, and a split in morphology based on separate breeding populations, both round that number up from 6 to 8), and knowing that this layout for comic panels is called a grid, I knew I just needed a way to get 'Blue' in that served the composition. Other artists responding to the prompt jumped to a checkerboard as their clear image of a grid, so a blue and white checkerboard just meant I had to find an even way to divide up 8 swans into 2 categories.

Luckily there are four types (though not species) exclusively native to the Americas ('American' as a term for a US citizen or thing specific to the USA is obscenely presumptive of 2 whole continents worth of countries and peoples and should not be the presumed definition of the word), and four types of swans native to ... all the other continents. There's no other short word for that that does not tie into human history ('old world' and 'new world' are fine for produce that humans have domesticated and deliberately cultivated plants, but seems a comical distinction for swans to whom all their native territory is their 'old world').

Included are a few details to help visually differentiate each swan from others and juvenile forms, with poses and angles curated to show off small identifying details. The blue background of 4 of the 'comic' panels indicates a swan is native to the Americas (the psuedo swan gets a nice teal background because of it's not-true-swan status).

This is a mix of watercolor, acrylic ink, and alcohol marker, all on a large sheet of bristol paper.